Zauberstern Comics Release Limited Set of Defenders of the Earth

Zauberstern Comics, the Germany based publishing house, have released a set of the original Defenders of the Earth comic book series.

The 4 comic book set reprints comic strip stories originally published by Marvel Comics under their Star Comics brand in the USA in 1987, with the main characters being Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Mandrake the Magician and Lothar who battle Ming the Merciless in a futuristic world.

This original comic book series was written by Stan Lee, Bob Harras and Michael Higgins and illustrated by Alex Saviuk and Fred Fredericks. The series contains 4 comic books, which can all be seen below, with the Phantom appearing on 3 of the 4 front covers.

The set released by Zauberstern Comics reprints the original series, printed with full color pages and has been translated to German. The series is being sold as a 4 comic book set and can’t be ordered individually, with a limited print run of 250 sets.

Details on the limited print run of the series found on the Zauberstern Comics website reads:

THE DEFENDERS ON THE EARTH is a lovingly produced small edition, produced for the recently concluded Comicsalon Erlangen 2024. Here you now have the opportunity to get hold of this collector’s rarity!

ATTENTION: There are only remaining stocks and the following applies: While stocks last!

This collector’s edition is only available in a bundle. It is the complete mini-series that was published in the USA in 1987. The first episode was written by STAN LEE himself!

It can only be pre-ordered in the time window from June 10th to June 23rd, 2024. The bundle will be delivered from June 25th. If the stock is sold out before June 23rd, the status “no longer available” will be displayed and the item can no longer be put in the shopping cart.

IMPORTANT NOTE ON THE PRODUCT: The TDOTE mini series is printed in its entirety in the current FLASH GORDON magazine, but with the following differences:

Different lettering
Larger printed interior format
Partly different translation
Facsimile cover
Limited to 250 copies
Completed in FOUR parts
Original ending (in Flash Gordon 6 the ending was rewritten)
28 pages each (cover 300 gr. inside: 135 gr. semi-matt paper)

The 4 front covers found in the set released by Zauberstern Comics can be seen below. Each comic book contains an edition number on the front cover, also a price value of 5euro and dated May 2024 (the month of their release by Zauberstern Comics).